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Old 01-06-2008, 03:56 PM
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Re: Touchy subject:Barbless or barbed

I always pinch the barbs or use barbless hooks.

If you keep proper tension on the fish your chances of losing it are small, they do come out so much easier and cause much less damage to the mouth of the fish.
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